Urban Consolidation Case Study

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NSW PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY RESEARCH SERVICE Urban Consolidation: Current Developments by Stewart Smith Briefing Paper No 23/97 Urban Consolidation: Current Developments by Stewart Smith NSW PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY RESEARCH SERVICE Dr David Clune (9230 2484), Manager Dr Gareth Griffith (9230 2356) Senior Research Officer, Politics and Government / Law Ms Honor Figgis (9230 2768) Research Officer, Law Ms Rachel Simpson (9230 3085) Research Officer, Law Mr Stewart Smith (9230 2798) Research Officer, Environment Ms Marie Swain (9230 2003) Research Officer, Law/Social Issues Mr John Wilkinson (9230 2006) Research Officer, Economics ISSN 1325-5142 ISBN 0 7313 1601 0 © 1997 Except to the extent of the uses permitted under…show more content…
With the implementation of the Simpson Report recommendations, dual occupancy restrictions became more popular with developers and ceased to be solely of the 'granny flat' variety. This fact is cited frequently by those councils not in favour of dual occupancy development as being one of their major reasons for opposition.29 Moreover dual occupancy development is seen by some as "a form of de facto medium density housing."30 The town planner Stephen Driscoll studied dual occupancy development trends.31 These showed: • • a trend towards a rise in dual occupancy approvals over the 80s; a substantial rise in approvals in 1987-1988, which were the boom years in property development which also coincided with the introduction of REP 12; at no time since 1987-1988 have dual occupancy approvals fallen below pre-REP 12 levels; and most of the post 1987-1988 increase has occurred in the outer Sydney local government areas. For instance, in Blacktown in 1987 there was a ratio of 1 dual occupancy development created for every 32 detached dwellings. In 1993, the ratio was up to 1 dual occupancy development for every 2.7 detached

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